Coker said the promotion still hopes to feature the finals of Strikeforce’s heavyweight grand prix at the March 3 event but is still waiting on medical clearance for finalist Daniel Cormier.

“I know that (Strikeforce matchmaker) Sean (Shelby) is still working out some of the details on that, so we’ll hopefully have something for you shortly,” Coker said.

Tate and Rousey, of course, have engaged in a very public war of words
centered around Rousey’s worthiness as a title challenger. Former
135-pound champion Kaufman has also been outspoken in regards to
the relative MMA neophyte earning a shot at gold in just her fifth
career fight, especially with the first four taking place at 145 pounds.

Nevertheless, Rousey impressive work to date – which includes scoring
four wins in just 138 seconds of total cage time – will see her skip to
the front of the line.

Tate looks to defend for the first time the title she earned with a
fourth-round submission win of former champ Marloes Coenen this past
July. Tate currently boasts a six-fight win streak and is 11-1 in her
past 12 fights. The lone loss came in a May 2009 bout with Kaufman.

Meanwhile, Rousey, a former Olympic judoka, has yet to taste defeat in
seven total professional and amateur contests. In fact, not one of
Rousey’s opponents has yet to make it out of the first minute of the
fight, and all seven contests have ended via armbar.

Noons rebounded from a two-fight skid with a decision victory over Billy
Evangelista this past month at “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal.”
The win put him one step closer to a coveted title shot against current
champ Gilbert Melendez, who outpointed Jorge Masvidal in the event’s
headliner.

Masvidal spoiled Noons’ return to lightweight this past June after his
unsuccessful bid for then-welterweight champion Nick Diaz’s title eight
months prior.

American Kickboxing Academy product Thomson hasn’t fought since he lost a
decision to Tatsuya Kawajiri at DREAM “Dynamite!! 2010,” which snapped a
two-fight win streak. He was expected to return this past September at
“Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov” to face World Victory
Road/Sengoku veteran Maximo Blanco, but he was forced to withdraw due to
a foot injury.

The setbacks further delayed what many believe to be an inevitable
rubber match with Melendez, whom he bested in June 2008 to win the
Strikeforce lightweight title and lost to 18 months months later in a
hotly contested rematch.

Davis carries a two-fight win streak into the rematch of an April 2007 contest that saw Kaufman earn a third-round TKO win. Kaufman also boasts a two-fight win streak built after suffering her lone career loss to Marloes Coenen in October 2010.

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